A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

When we rest in awareness, we discover a peace that is always present, regardless of circumstances.

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

The world is its own magic.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

The mind is intrinsically empty. It's empty of all that we perceive as being intrinsically "me" and "mine."

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

Awareness is always with us. We don't need to create it or achieve it - we just need to recognize what's already there.

Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced state of mind.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

Our basic nature is pure awareness that simply cognizes experience. Everything else is temporary and adventitious.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.